Mother of Three Overcomes Hardships to Graduate From Pima Community College

Mother of three overcomes hardships to graduate from Pima Community College

For most students at Pima Community College's graduation, the ceremony marks the end of exams and late-night study sessions. But for Sendalia Perez, a mother of three and recovering addict, its a milestone long in the making.Perez has been sober for 23 years and worked as a behavioral health tech at a psychiatric hospital. But a serious on-the-job injury left her bedridden for over a year and unsure of what was next.A patient shoved me through a…

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